While prior translations tend to influence subsequent translations, it is
certainly not true that texts are not re-examined - old mistakes do not
automatically get passed on. Modern English translations do *not* in
generally follow the KJV (the translation known as the "New King James
Version" obviously being an exception). Neither did the KJV version
follow the Vulgate (though it was heavily influenced by other English
translations) - part of the point (and an area of contention with
Roman Catholics) was that it was made anew from the Hebrew rather than
the Vulgate. And in turn, the Vulgate itself did not slavishly follow
the LXX - Jerome was a man ahead of his time by going back to the
Hebrew text rather than following the LXX.
--
William Parsons
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